[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 52 (Thursday, March 26, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT CONGRESS TO PUT ITS FISCAL HOUSE IN ORDER

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. After years of runaway spending at the Federal level, the 
American people want this Congress to put our fiscal house in order. 
Instead, President Barack Obama has brought forward the most fiscally 
irresponsible budget in American history. The President's budget spends 
too much, borrows too much, and taxes too much, and the American people 
know it.
  The American people don't want more spending, more government, and 
more bailouts. They don't want to see this President's budget result 
in, as CBO projected, nearly $1 trillion in annual deficits for the 
next 10 years.
  The President's budget would actually double the national debt in 
just 6 years, and even worse, the President's budget pays for all this 
spending with higher taxes on virtually every American, small business, 
and a light-switch tax that would raise utility rates for every 
American household by more than $3,000.
  Today, Republicans will continue to offer better solutions, unveiling 
today a blueprint for recovery that's built on fiscal discipline, 
growth, and reform.
  Let the debate begin.

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